Within hours of killing of a police officer, a civilian was shot by unidentified gunmen on Friday night in south Kashmir's Pulwama district.
A police spokesman said Mudasir Ahmad Mir, 30, was shot by militants in the Lasipora area of Pulwama when he was returning home from a mosque after
late night prayers.

"He was shifted to sub-district hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead. The body was handed over to the family for last rites," said the police spokesman.

The police gave no reason for the attack on Mir who used to lead prayers in a local mosque a few months back. Currently, locals said, he worked as a labourer.

The police official said the victim was survived by his wife, three small children, including two daughters, and aged parents.

Earlier during the day, district's Rajpora market was rattled by a burst of bullets after suspected militants shot a police officer.